diablo immortal
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Diablo Immortal made $100 million in revenue in two months
When Diablo Immortal launched, pretty much everyone was united in calling the game out for its absolutely atrocious and exploitative monetization model, which led...
Diablo Immortal set to launch July 25 in China after bizarre delay
Back in June when Diablo Immortal launched here in the west, Chinese publisher NetEase surprised everyone by delaying the game's release in China itself,...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMO gamers just frogs in a boiling cookpot?
Longtime MOP reader Miol recently wrote us a long email inspired by a non-MMO stream he'd been watching during which the streamer went off...
Diablo Immortal adds a class change feature, Hero’s Journey endgame activity, and new Helliquary boss
Players of Diablo Immortal have some new content to sink their teeth in to with this week's update, with some events, endgame activities, and...
Diablo IV goes up on PlayStation store, beta access guaranteed with tattoos
Some movement this week in Diablo IV's quarters, as the official PlayStation store page for the upcoming ARPG went live. While the page doesn't...
Diablo Immortal shows off new Helliquary raid boss and second battlepass
If for some reason you're still engaged with Diablo Immortal in spite of its being repeatedly exposed as a brutal cash grab with gameplay...
Diablo II Resurrected releases its multiplayer lobby update as an ARPG guide site drops Diablo Immortal
Earlier this week, Diablo II: Resurrected announced an update meant to "elevate multiplayer lobbies for console and PC." That update has arrived on schedule,...
Diablo 2 Resurrected overhauls multiplayer lobbies and game search in tomorrow’s update
Blizzard is ready to inject some fresh spice into Diablo II: Resurrected, and thankfully, it's not of the Diablo Immortal variety.
"In Patch 2.4.3., which...
Players offer new estimate for the price of capping out a Diablo Immortal character
It is quite telling and a bit sad, my fellow dungeon divers, that since Diablo Immortal's launch, nobody's been discussing the actual gameplay --...
Global Chat: Playing TERA before the final bow
"Who in their right mind starts playing a 'dead' game?" asks Virtual Bastion's Cary -- right before Cary jumped into TERA just days before...
Diablo Immortal player outlines how he used 600M gold from World of Warcraft to buff his gems
By now, players of Diablo Immortal are likely familiar with the Redditor Daymeeuhn; he's the guy who first calculated the real money cost to...
Vague Patch Notes: You are not immune to predatory monetization in MMOs
This week, I want to expand on something I mentioned in last week's Vague Patch Notes as an offhand thing that bears further examination....
The $25 Rift Simulator lets you roll the dice on a Diablo Immortal five-star gem without spending a dime
We reported earlier this week about how one Diablo Immortal player lit $16K on fire in order to get a five-star gem to drop...
Diablo Immortal snagged only 10M players out of its 30M registrations
Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing... well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you're most interested in. Most notably,...
Diablo Immortal delays its launch in China, sending NetEase stock into freefall
It would appear that investors of the Chinese games giant NetEase were pinning a lot of hopes on Diablo Immortal's launch to China. The...
Diablo IV talks up player choice in PvE and endgame while Diablo Immortal rakes in $24M in revenue
The devs of Diablo IV are hitting the press trail, putting out interviews and previews of the multiplayer ARPG ahead of its 2023 release...
The Daily Grind: How resistant are you to the allure of MMO microtransactions?
The insane level of predatory monetization in Diablo Immortal certainly sparked a whole lot of discussion --Â not to mention backlash -- this month....
Vague Patch Notes: Examples of predatory monetization in the MMO industry
So, if you've been paying attention to this column over the past few forevers, you will have no doubt noticed by this point that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 377: Isle thing, you make my heart sing
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online High Isle, FFXIV patch 6.15, Elite Dangerous Odyssey update 12, Albion Online's Into the Fray, Overwatch 2, Diablo IV, Starkeepers, and Lord of the Rings Return to Moria, with adventures in LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Life is Strange, plus mailbag topics on Diablo Immortal, opt-in flag PvP, and MMO character backstory bios.
